Aug 29 2007
Postal Match 3 Results: Not good at all.
Awoken from my nap on the couch I catch the tail end of an emergency network broadcast. Details are sketchy but civil unrest on an unheard of scale is sweeping the major cities of the Province, the military has been mobilized and acts of cannibalism have been reported. The rest of the details are a blur as I race to the gun cabinet to grab my VZ58 and Sig P220, a few magazines for each and some loose ammo.
No time to waste. It’s the Zombocalypse. Good thing our daughter is visiting with relatives in that isolated, well-stocked survival bunker for the week.
Racing to Lisas’ work I see a few zombies on the far side of the parking lot, three are snacking on former employees near the lunch truck (any irony there?) but one sees me, and with that throaty moan all four begin shuffling towards me. Shouldering my rifle I fire four shots, dropping three of the zombies and causing the fourth to tumble to the ground.
Half lowering the rifle I sprint towards the staff entrance to the building pausing only momentarily to see the “wounded” zombie stagger to it’s feet and resume homing in on me. He’s joined by three other rotters from the parking lot, and I pause before entering the building to once again take aim. Four shots ring out and then an ominous click, three more zombies tumble to the ground.
The rifle is jammed, I cannot cycle the action to clear the stoppage. Dropping it I unholster my pistol and take aim at the four zombies closing in on me. Ten shots echo across the parking lot, one zombie falling to the pavement with no further movement, the remaining three draw ever closer.
I’ve exhausted my ammo, at least for this match and while scoring a number of hits on the remaining zombies heads, none count as a “kill”. I was, as it turns out, killed by three zombies in a parking lot and didn’t even have the presence of mind to save the last round for myself.
The bad news is no one survived.
The good news is, at least ya took a few with you.
But who’s going to take care of you?
It occurred to me while shooting (Miserably) this match,
that we should have saved a “last ditch” bullet.
Given one last target and the last round, would you take the shot
or break the food chain?
We have to do shotguns at 50.
My gawd … it finally happened … overdosed on zombie movies
Welcome to the new order.
Although I’d still call those two bottom right hits (9 & 10) as kills. We’ve seen how a “skull” (read: coconut) kinda pops when a bullet hits it, so my vote is those two are flying brain bits and you just have to fend that last on off with the knife, crowbar, entrenching tool or whatever last-ditch, never runs-out-of-ammo hand weapon you pack for when the fit hits the shan.
Not too bad! Did a lot better than I would, skills are way rusty.
Do you have a link to the image you guys use for the target zombie? I’d like to print some up and see how I can do. (pistol only, the AR is currently being built).
You should be able to find the image on this site.
I think it’s a few posts back.
Feel free to get in on the match.